The Ukrainian party Opposition bloc said on the readiness to participate in local elections in the Donbass.

"Mechanism (conduct of elections in the Donbass - ed) one: it's the law of Ukraine and the Central election Commission of Ukraine, which will hold these elections and will record their results. They must be free, democratic, and all parties involved in the conflict are obliged to guarantee the free and democratic will of the Ukrainian people, and among them are our fellow citizens who live in Donetsk and Luhansk, " he said on Sunday, one of the leaders of the party, Serhiy Lyovochkin in the air

"The opposition bloc is ready to participate in such elections. We fundamentally reject the possibility of deferral of these elections, as the strict observance of the Constitution is one of the most important obligations of the Authorities ", - said the politician.

According to the Minsk agreements, first self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk national people's republics republics granted special status, then elections are held there and only then is solved, what will be the final status of these territories from Ukraine.

the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko have said before, that considers the holding of elections in the Donbas before the end of the year.

The Ukrainian authorities have taken in April of last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup of the region's residents. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, came amid a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have taken a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.

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